What REAL harm is there taking steps to reduce or completely eliminate our “possible” contributions? Do you think making the applicable changes will impact our economy as … Humm… Your or other U.S citizens high paying blue and white collar jobs being shipped overseas?
Unless you are really rich, you losing your job will have a real negative impact on you family. I would say more so than the polluters being required to reduce their emissions.
Would you have that same opinion if instead of our government subsidizing petroleum & power producers they subsidized wind power, solar and wave turbines? Enough of them in place and you still have your lights, heat and water. The only difference being other than during the manufacturing process, the alternatives did not emit any pollutants.
Let’s take that to the next level. You were given direct tax credits for implementing any or all the above alternatives on your home and you could sell the access to the “GRID” at retail prices?
I see there are a few here that have not understood everything asked. For those that have presented flippant answers…
So you are stating that even if the changes just reduced the amount of pollution (forget about the greenhouse gasses), you still would not want to implementing changes? If it put money in your pocket, you would rather not have the money?
You are correct. The government does provide subsidies however; it’s a very small sum by comparison to what the petrol and energy companies get.
I am walking the walk. I have 35,000 watts of solar cells on my roof and in the back yard, geo-thermal HVAC and would have a Wind turbine but my community will not allow it (yet).
Most in my subdivision have 400 – 800 amp generators (we have a 400 amp). We have occasional power outages. My neighbors generators kick in, cost a pollute every time they come on. My system kicks over to my power storage units (batteries and magnetic bearing flywheel generators). My 400amp natural gas generator runs once a month for 5 minutes to run diagnostic self checks. We have NEVER used it.
I live in a 41 year old 8000 square foot house in the Midwest. My additions are generating thousands. At the same time emitting nearly zero pollutants (I have not started using the NASA developed water purification system yet.
My point was to get others on the band wagon and use the buying power of the U.S. government to start the process of making homes self standing power stations. While the housing market has slumped, my house continues to increase in value. I renovated another house and sold it in January. I made a 250% profit and the main selling point is was 80% off the power grid and required 10% of the natural gas to heat it.
I’m walking the walk alright.
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- Solar Products: A New Way To Look At Global Warming? (6/17/2011)
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- Solar Products: Can Solar Panels To Heat Pool Be Used For Other Household Purposes? (6/17/2011)
- Solar Turbines: How Do I Broach This Subject To My Neighbors? (5/2/2011)
- Will the American Physical Society amend its ‘official’ statement on climate change?
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if pirates were endangered, i’d start to worry about global warming
I don’t think doing more to take away “potential” harmful things that I contribute to destroying the environment with is a bad thing. I do have a problem with the government making me do it, while it denies that the same temperature changes that we are experiencing are also occurring on Mars, where no man has had an opportunity to pollute. The government funds NASA. I would hope that it would listen to them.
it would take you to stop being gay
global warming is you farting on the earth
ya fatty
maybe waking up to a severed horses head in my bed. that would make me believe just about anything.
How about this:
One dollar spent to solve a non-problem like man caused global warming can never be spent on anything else.
Hey, nobody’s stopping you from saving the planet. Turn off your computer, it’s consuming power. Better yet disconnect all utilities, stop riding in cars, stop eating farmed food and stop using manufactured goods.
You talk the talk very well. Now, how about walking the walk? Show us how it’s done.
Incidentally, most of the alternative energy projects have been subsidized by the government.
When you can show that global warming is a man-made phenomenon AND show that implementations would have a positive effect I would change my mind.
I’m not anticipating those things happening. I know bad science when I see it.